Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Telehealth has been around for a long time, but only recently has it gained the critical mass that most have long expected. "It's the overnight success story that was 30 years in the making," said Atrium Health Chief Strategy Officer Dr. Rasu Shrestha. He said that in January 2019 – more than a year before the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated, in short order, an even bigger, more sustained and more widespread scaling up of virtual care services than could ever have been imagine

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The following is a guest article by Ed Mercadante is the Chief Executive Officer of MediTelecare. With the COVID-19 cloud casting a shadow on high-risk elderly care communities, there’s another effect to make note of besides the way these facilities have been unfortunately impacted with cases. With limitations in place from seeing loved ones, elderly […].

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HealthStream

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Given the multiple tracks that healthcare can take, from inpatient to outpatient and even to community settings, there is a need for care coordination and management of the transition between providers and all settings of care. Nurses are often at the heart of this effort.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

It takes roughly seven patients presenting after an abnormal pulse alert to establish one clinically actionable cardiovascular diagnosis, according to the researchers' chart review.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 1, 2020

In the pandemic, I’ve been weaving together data to better understand how people as consumers are being re-shaped in daily life across their Maslow Hierarchies of Needs. One of those basic needs has been digital connectivity. People of color have faced many disparities in the wake of the pandemic: the virus itself, exacting greater rates of mortality and morbidity being the most obvious, dramatic inequity.

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Digital Health

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Geeta Nayyar, MD initially wanted to be a teacher, but then decided “science is the answer to everything” and became a doctor. Today she is the recently-appointed Executive Medical Director at Salesforce and gets to do both, which is her dream come to life. Geeta’s parents were both MDs and her two brothers are both […].

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 2, 2020

MobiHealthNews covered a record-breaking 109 funding deals during the past three months – a clear step up from Q3 2019 and the swelling numbers of H1 2020.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

In May 2020, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) re-visited the acronym, “PPE.” As OED evolves the definition of PPE, the wordsmiths could borrow from OSHA’s website , noting that PPE, “is equipment worn to minimize exposure to hazards that cause serious workplace injuries and illnesses. These injuries and illnesses may result from contact with chemical, radiological, physical, electrical, mechanical, or other workplace hazards.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Prior to the pandemic, Franciscan Health was in the infancy stages of its telemedicine program and had not moved to an ambulatory rollout. Like many other healthcare organizations, it struggled with operationalizing the technology and workflows of a new process. THE PROBLEM. Franciscan had just started looking at virtual urgent care visits prior to COVID-19.

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Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The following is a guest article by Dan Simenc, Chief Revenue Officer, SR Health by Solutionreach. Dan is one of our A-List speakers at our new EXPO.health Experience Series. Dan will join Ed Marx and other health IT leaders in an interactive discussion about digital transformation in healthcare and how you can develop your digital […].

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

A follow-on analysis found tentative evidence that, unlike in-person CBT, the online intervention could become more effective over the course of a year.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The U.S. health care community is collectively embracing the concept of social determinants of health that have become so obvious in understanding the disparities of health outcomes wrought by the coronavirus pandemic. Research from the Harvard Chan School of Public Health conducted with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and NPR illustrates the fact that people who are at risk for one social determinant of health tend to be challenged by a bucket of them.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

A new survey of 500 executives in the healthcare industry found that the switch to telehealth necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic has been a largely positive one, and the majority said at least some of the changes would be permanent. The survey, conducted by marketing agency Boston Digital and released Monday, found that 57% of executives said telehealth had increased the quality of patient care.

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Updox commits itself to “cultivating an environment that is diverse and inclusive—with equal opportunities for everyone.” Updox is designed to organize all patient communications, secure and SMS texts, secure email, e-faxes, referrals, reminders, and even […].

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

At the keynote address at HIMSS’ Accelerate Health digital series, Sachin Jain, president and CEO of SCAN, shared his experiences during this digital health evolution.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

I have always appreciated Medecision’s mission as expressed in the company’s tagline: “Liberating,” as in “liberate healthcare.” I began collaborating with Medecision as a client several years ago, a couple of years after I heard Todd Park, then Chief Technology Officer in the White House, joyfully assert the phrase, “Data Liberación!

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Harbor is a nonprofit mental health and substance use disorder treatment provider based in Toledo, Ohio, that has been addressing community needs for more than 100 years. It serves more than 23,000 individuals annually. Lighthouse Telehealth is a subsidiary of Harbor, formed in 2018 to meet the growing demand for telehealth. It also includes all IT, revenue cycle management and employee assistance program contracts.

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eVisit

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Published: Sept. 29, 2020. There is no health without mental health. Those seven words are the first you see on the World Federation for Mental Health’s (WFMH) website. Oct. 10 is World Mental Health Day and the theme this year is: Mental Health for All: Greater Investment, Greater Access.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

HIMSS Media are expanding their Europe/UK editions to encompass MEA, with MobiHealthNews and Healthcare IT News now including a more comprehensive and inclusive Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) edition.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

DOJ charges hundreds in connection with $6B in healthcare fraud in largest takedown ever. pminemyer. Wed, 09/30/2020 - 17:18.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 2, 2020

This week, U.S. Reps Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, and Dr. Michael C. Burgess, R-Texas, introduced legislation aimed at increasing telehealth access, particularly for children. The Telehealth Improvement for Kids’ Essential Services, or TIKES, Act of 2020 would require the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to issue guidance to states about how to increase access to telehealth under Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

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Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

5 HIPAA Violation Fines for Failing to Grant the Right of Access On September 15, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it had settled with five healthcare organizations that violated … Read more. The post 5 HIPAA Violation Fines for Failing to Grant the Right of Access appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

While on-demand, at-home PCR testing has been available for some time on healthcare-specific apps and portals, this is the first time a “general services” app in the UAE offers fully government-approved testing.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

UHS hit with massive cyber attack as hospitals reportedly divert surgeries, ambulances. hlandi. Mon, 09/28/2020 - 15:41.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Patient satisfaction with telehealth services has been increasing during the COVID-19 pandemic, but hurdles are still in place, a J.D. Power report released Thursday found. According to its 2020 U.S. Telehealth Satisfaction Study , Amwell ranks highest in telehealth satisfaction among direct-to-consumer brands, while Cigna ranks most highly among payers of health plan-provided virtual care services.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The boomer-and-beyond market has caught the eye of the tech industry. As a busy September wound down, new announcements in the voice first category were of particular interest. These include GreatCall’s new Lively Flip phone with voice services and the announcement that Amazon’s Alexa has added 80,000 answers to healthcare questions through a partnership with Digital Health company Sharecare.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Formed under the banners of the Consumer Technology Association and the Connected Health Initiative, the coalition's membership includes big names like Google, Boston Children's Hospital, Microsoft, ResMed and others.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Here are doctors' 4 biggest needs and how technology companies can address them. hlandi. Thu, 10/01/2020 - 12:43.

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